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Blizzardhas warned fans that many of its online games will be going down for maintenance early next week, includingDiablo 4,World of Warcraft, and others. The library of the California-based developer boasts some of the most beloved online games and franchises, withWorld of Warcraftstanding as arguably the most iconic MMORPG of all time.Diablo 4also recently reached a major milestone, breaking its concurrent player count record on Steam twice following the launch ofSeason 4.Now, Blizzard’s online services will be affected by maintenance in the near future.
With many ofBlizzard’s most popular games being strictly online experiences, temporary outages are nothing new for the massively popular studio. The developer will regularly use server outages to address major bugs and issues within games, most recently seeingOverwatch 2going down last week. New updates to their games also typically require maintenance, shutting down for a period to implement more content into the game without disrupting players. The newest outage period from Blizzard looks to be a planned round of maintenance from the developer.
As reported by ComicBook, an official announcement from Blizzard confirms that several of its online games and services will be going down for data center maintenance soon. The downtime is planned for June 24 with the scheduled outages for each of its games and services lasting from 6:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. PDT. The affected services include Blizzard’s own Battle.net client and shop, as well as most of its gamesincludingWorld of Warcraft,Diablo 4,Hearthstone, andCall of Dutyamong others. Blizzard has confirmed that some partially offline games may still be available with limited features during the maintenance.
Blizzard Announces Upcoming Data Center Maintenance
The statement from Blizzard also shares more details about the scope of the maintenance being done by the studio. The maintenance will be largely focused on the developer’s “infrastructure in the Americas region,” though the game’s global services will be affected. The restrictions betweendifferent games on Battle.netwill also be varied, with some games not accepting new logins and others entirely unavailable during the Blizzard data center maintenance.
Blizzard’s upcoming maintenance comes as several of the developer’s biggest games have exciting updates on the way soon.Diablo 4looks to have multiple new seasons coming soon, with Season 5 adding a new endgame mode andSeason 6 bringing theVessel of Hatredexpansionand a new class in Spiritborn.World of Warcrafthas its next major expansion on the way as well, withThe War Withinexpected to launch next month. Fans of Blizzard look to have plenty in store with a plethora of new content on the way.
